The Kings of AZ Showcase will take place this weekend, August 14-16 @ the Arizona Sports Complex. Organized by Justin Vargas and The SHOW, the event is an Invite-Only team event that was originally scheduled for August 7th @ Skyline Prep, but was pushed back. Several of our Arizona Preps’ staff will be in attendance for this weekend’s event to bring you our top individual and team performers from the weekend, as this is the first team event that we will have covered since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Tournament organizers have stated that health precautions will be enforced…
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Valley Vista High School is an Arizona basketball power in girl’s basketball in the state of Arizona, behind the excellent leadership of Head Coach Rachel Matakas. Matakas has built the Valley Vista program into one of the top girl’s basketball programs in the country, as the program has won the 6A State Championship (3) of the last (4) years in Arizona. A major reason for the recent success of the program has been the strong overall play of 6-foot-1 rising senior forward Marisa Davis. After a strong junior season, where she led the program to another state title, Davis has…
Something is very different about New York City club high school basketball coaching legend Paul Suber. As you meet him in person, watch him taking photos with players and prospects, or observe his workouts, you quickly realize that he is different from anyone you have ever met – definitely in the state of Arizona. A major reason for his differences are that he is from a completed different world – the culture of New York City basketball. After coaching in New York for more than 20+ successful years of elite-level basketball, Suber moved to the state of Arizona in 2015,…
Former Deer Valley High School 2020 graduate Jalen James suffered numerous injuries throughout his Arizona high school basketball career, causing him to miss out on a lot of important game action. As a result, James has decided on a year of post-graduate play at PHHoenix Prep, where he will play for the post-graduate team during the 2020-2021 season. James is the son of former Arizona high school star basketball product Tarik James, a former basketball star from Cortez High School, where he broke many of the school’s scoring records. James was also the Head Coach for Cortez for numerous years,…
Arizona Preps has covered Arizona boys and girls high school and junior college basketball now since September of 1999. After almost (22) years now of existence, our staff is proud to release our NEW Arizona Preps You Tube Channel. This channel is now available to the public to watch many of the exciting videos taken by our Arizona Preps’ staff over the years. Arizona Preps asks that you log in and subscribe today, as we look to grow this NEW Arizona Preps You Tube Channel. The Channel will feature our many interviews, game highlights and prospect videos from over the…
Girl’s basketball has really grown in the state of Arizona, and much of that reason is a result of the many top-rated prospects that the state now has for college coaches to take a hard look at. One prospect that is helping the state’s reputation nationally is AZ Compass Prep’s talented and skilled 6-foot-1 rising senior guard Kiya Dorroh. Dorroh is fresh off leading the Sabino program to a second-consecutive 3A State Championship, and is currently rated by ESPN among the elite prospects in America’s 2021 Class. Dorroh is among the nation’s top overall 2021 prospects – currently rated by…
PHHoenix Prep has now had several of their top 2021 prospects give verbal commitments during the COVID-19 pandemic in Arizona, and the latest one to fall off the recruiting board for John Ortega’s growing prep program is 6-foot-10, 200-pound senior forward/center Matur Dhal. Dhal has grown up and developed as a player and prospect over the past two years, and this week he gave a nice verbal commitment to a Big-West program on a really cool commitment video that exposed his pledge to the program, and gave thanks to many people that helped him in the process. Dhal is one…
The Southwest Basketball Camp took place over the past two days @ the Arizona Sports Complex Training Center in North Phoenix. Organized by tournament directors Gregg Rosenberg (Arizona Varsity / Prep Hoops) and Justin Vargas (The SHOW), this was the 4th annual installment of the event, and included more than (120) different Arizona prospects from many different classes. One of the few events that have taken place during the COVID-19 pandemic, the event was very well organized and allowed each of the prospects to compete on one main court for maximum exposure. The games were well scheduled by the event…
Chandler High School’s superb 6-foot-7 rising senior wing prospect Isaiah Brody is one of the most talented and versatile overall performers in the state and the West. A very underrated prospect, Brody is among the state’s elite prospects in the 2021 Class, although he has not seen his recruitment really take off yet. Coming off a dominant Tournament Most Valuable Player performance in this week’s Southwest Basketball Camp, held @ the Arizona Sports Complex Training Center in North Phoenix, Brody is ready to break out. Currently, Brody has two scholarship offers to his credit from UC-Santa Barbara and UC-Davis, but…
One of the top overall prospects in Arizona’s young 2023 Class is Centennial High School’s 6-foot-3 rising sophomore guard Emery Young. Young has has excellent work ethic and loves the game, and has really developed over the years as a result. After a good freshman season for himself, where he broke out during the season and had numerous strong performances to build on for his future, Young is now looking to build on his early success and continue to develop into the player and college prospect that he wants to become. Young leads a young and talented group of student-athletes…